AMELIA'S POV My heart thudded frantically in my chest the moment the door pushed open and Ryker’s guards entered to search my home for Killian and Boma. I knew they wouldn't find anything, but at the same time, I was scared of being arrested for something else. Soon they exited my room and I stood up slowly from the old chair, pacing about, worried about why Mara had yet to return. That morning, after I had dressed up to go in search of the drug dealer, I suffered severe stomach cramps, it was so severe that I could barely from my bed but I knew better than to disappoint Killian, so I had sent Mara in my stead. She had disguised herself as a maid, took the drug to the dungeon, and assisted in their escape. Could she have been caught? That wasn’t possible, if she was caught, then the

